Delica Landry born 16 March 1977 in Villepinte, better known by his stage name Dry, is a French

rapper Rapping (also rhyming, flowing, spitting, emceeing, or MCing) is an artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and ommonlystreet vernacular". It is usually performed over a backing ...

of Congolese origin. He is also known by the aliases "L'Amiral" and "L'Intransférable". Landry Delica grew up in

Sevran Sevran () is a Communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, French department of Seine-Saint-Denis, northeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, center of Paris. History The current Hôtel d ...

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, outside of

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, where he was friends with the rapper

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before moving in 1991 to

Orly Orly () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located from the center of Paris. The name of Orly came from Latin ''Aureliacum'', "the villa of Aurelius". Orly Airport partially lies on the territory of the c ...

in the

Val-de-Marne Val-de-Marne (, "Vale of the Marne") is a department of France located in the Île-de-France region. Named after the river Marne, it is situated in the Grand Paris metropolis to the southeast of the City of Paris. In 2019, Val-de-Marne had a ...

. In addition to his solo work, Dry is a member of French rap group

Intouchable Intouchable is a French rap band from Choisy-le-Roi, Val-de-Marne, founded in 1992 by rappers Dry and Demon One. They are also part of the rap/urban collective Mafia K-1 Fry. Besides important collaborations with the collective, the band rele ...

alongside band member Demon One (real name Hakim Sid). He is also part of the French rap collective

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(sometimes stylized as Mafia K'1 Fry) alongside the other Intouchable member Demon One. Intouchable, Dry and Demon One had a lot of collaborations with other members of the collective. As member of Mafia K-1 Fry, Dry took part in albums by rappers Ideal J,

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and

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before releasing with Intouchable the 2000 album ''Les points sur les I''. In 2004, he took part in the third album Rohff ''La fierté des nôtres'' and in the compilation '' Street Lourd Hall Stars'' with "La hass" featuring Kamelancien, de Bicêtre -94-, and Rohff. In 2005, Intouchable released their second album ''La vie de rêve'' with a joint title "La gagne" featuring

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. Dry has also been featured on a number of

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rap band. In 2008, Dry had his debut solo album as a street tape entitled ''De la pure pour les durs'' including many unreleased tracks of Dry. In 2009, he released his debut studio album ''Les derniers seront les premiers'' followed up by a second solo studio album on 20 February 2012 called ''Tôt ou tard''.

Discography

Albums / Mixtapes

;Solo ;As part of

*2000 : ''Les points sur les I'' *2001 : ''I Have a Dream'' (maxi) *2004 : ''Original Mix-Tape'' (mixtape) *2005 : ''La vie de rêve'' ;In collective Mafia K'1 Fry *1997 : ''Les liens sacrés'' *1999 : ''Légendaire'' *2003 : ''La cerise sur le ghetto'' *2007 : ''Jusqu'à la mort''

Singles

*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts. For Ultratip peaks, added 50 positions to arrive at an equivalent Ultratop position ;Featured in *Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts. For Ultratip peaks, added 50 positions to arrive at an equivalent Ultratop position

Appearances

;Main *2003: Dry - "Freestyle" on mixtape ''Pur son ghetto Vol. 2'' *2003: Dry feat Rohff, Sefyu & Zesau - ''Baiser'' sur la compile ''Talents fachés 1'' *2006: Dry feat Singuila - "Coup du sort" in the compilation ''Street couleur'' *2008: Dry feat Belly Blanco - "Je suis l'un d'eux" in the compilation ''Département 94'' *2009: Dry feat AP, Selim Du 9.4 & OGB - "J'ai la rime" in the compilation ''Les yeux dans la banlieue Vol. 2'' ;Featured in *1996: Ideal J feat Dry,

, Rim-K & Manu Key - "Show Bizness" in Ideal J EP ''Original Mc's sur une mission'' *2007:

Rim'K Abdelkrim Brahmi, known professionally as Rim'K (born 21 June 1978 in Paris, France), is a France, French rapper. Rim'K was raised in the Parisian suburb of Vitry-sur-Seine. His family is originally from Barbacha, Algeria, which is mentioned ma ...

feat Dry & Medine - "Le billet de banque" in Rim'K album ''Famille nombreuse'' *2008:

Kery James Alix Mathurin () (born December 28, 1977), publicly known as Kery James, is a French- Haitian rapper, singer, actor, director, and screenwriter from Les Abymes, Guadeloupe. James' music has addressed suburban life and social inequalities in cont ...

feat Dry - "Egotripes" in the Kery James album ''A l'ombre du show business'' *2008: 3ème Prototype feat Dry - "Normal" on the Street CD of 3^e Prototype, ''Le renouveau'' *2008: Gooki feat Dry & S'Co - "J'ai fait un rêve" in the Gooki album ''Trop de choses à dire'' *2009: Kennedy feat Dry, Ol Kainry, Seth Gueko, Black Barby,

Despo Rutti Pascal Trésor Azusimba better known as Despo Rutti (born 26 June 1982, in Kinshasa) is a French-Congolese rapper from Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, ...

& Alonzo - "Code de la rue Remix" in the Kennedy album ''Cicatrice'' *2009: AP feat Dry & OGB - "Tempéraments" in the AP album ''Discret'' *2009:

feat Dry - "Wati bon son" in the Street CD of Sexion D'assaut ''L'écrasement de tête'' *2010: Mister You feat Dry, John Steed & Wira - "Vieille meuf" in the Mister You album ''Présumé coupable'' *2010: 400 Hyènes feat Dry, Zesau, Alpha 5.20, Iron Sy & Beli Blanco - "Union malsaine" in the 400 Hyènes album ''L'esprit du clan'' *2010: Sexion d'Assaut feat Dry - "Wati by night" in the Sexion d'assaut album ''L'école des points vitaux'' *2010: Ol Kainry feat Dry - "Beleck" in the Ol Kainry album ''Au max 2.0''

References

External links

SkyRock Dry pagehttps://web.archive.org/web/20140714183117/http://www.mafiak1fry.fr/
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dry 1977 births Living people Black French musicians Black French rappers French male rappers French people of Republic of the Congo descent Rappers from Val-de-Marne